VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Endeavor Silver Corp. (“Endeavour” or the “Company”) EXCEDR announces that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) has appointed the Company’s Lead Director, Rex McLennan, as Chairman of the Board. Mr McLennan is stepping into the position of Chairman to replace former Executive Chairman Bradford Cooke, who died suddenly and unexpectedly last week (see press releases dated 18.8 and 24.82022).

Rex McLennan joined the Company as an independent director in June 2007 and has been appointed Chairman of the Audit Committee. As an independent corporate director, he has chaired the audit committees of a number of public companies and was appointed Lead Director for Endeavor in May 2021; Chair of the Corporate Governance and Nominations Committee and serves on the Audit and Safety and Sustainability Committees. He is a former Director of Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc, Boart Longyear Ltd and the World Gold Council, London, UK.

His professional and managerial career spans more than 40 years, including C-level leadership positions as Chief Financial Officer for Viterra prior to its acquisition by Glencore PLC in 2012 and Placer Dome, a global mining company acquired by Barrick Gold in 2006; with a previous career at Imperial Oil, a major Exxon subsidiary.

Mr. McLennan holds a Masters of Business Administration from McGill University in Finance/Accounting and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics/Economics from the University of British Columbia. He also holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

“Rex has been a Director of Endeavor Silver for 15 years and we have benefited tremendously from his leadership during that time,” said Dan Dickson, CEO of Endeavor Silver. “He has been instrumental in the development of the company and exemplifies our vision to sustain growth for all of our stakeholders.”

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